Is Jerling Junior High School a good school?

Jerling Junior High School ranks 254 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Jerling Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 648 students attended Jerling Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Jerling Junior High School?

Students at Jerling Junior High School are 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Jerling Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Jerling Junior High School usually go on to attend Carl Sandburg High School

Jerling Junior High School

Public 6-8

8851 W 151st St
Orland Park, IL 60462-3450

(708) 364-3708

District: Orland School District 135

SchoolDigger Rank:
254^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,827

Students who attend Jerling Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Carl Sandburg High School

Feeder schools for Jerling Junior High School:

Elementary:	Liberty Elementary School
	Prairie Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.6

Number of students: 648

Racial breakdown:

White:

77.3%

Hispanic:

13.3%

Asian:

4.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 19.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Jerling Junior High School ranks better than 81.4% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2^nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Orland School District 135. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.81. (See more...)

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Student Body

Compare Details Jerling Junior High School has the largest middle school student body size in the Orland School District 135. Racial makeup is: White (77.3%), Hispanic (13.3%), Asian (4%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jerling Junior High School is 14.6, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Orland School District 135! (See more...)

Compare Jerling Junior High School employs 44.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jerling Junior High School is $16,827, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Orland School District 135!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jerling Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Jerling Junior High School 254^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Jerling Junior High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Special Education students:

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Disabled students:

Male students:

Hispanic students:

White students:

Orland School District 135:

SchoolDigger ranks Orland School District 135 172^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Jerling Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	87.09	103^rd	1185	91.3%
2004	83.33	162^nd	1204	86.5%
2005	79.72	230^th	1209	81.0%
2006	78.24	236^th	1272	81.4%
2007	77.62	244^th	1287	81.0%
2008	73.78	338^th	1293	73.9%
2009	72.99	355^th	1318	73.1%
2010	78.84	221^st	1327	83.3%
2011	79.43	209^th	1344	84.4%
2012	78.34	242^nd	1365	82.3%
2013	80.47	227^th	1367	83.4%
2014	76.51	277^th	1322	79.0%
2015	78.89	220^th	1302	83.1%
2016	73.16	278^th	1294	78.5%
2017	76.27	256^th	1293	80.2%
2018	72.04	303^rd	1293	76.6%
2019	72.23	318^th	1356	76.5%
2021	70.27	288^th	1241	76.8%
2022	77.96	243^rd	1369	82.2%
2023	76.80	252^nd	1367	81.6%
2024	77.81	254^th	1363	81.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	64.60	45^th	339	86.7%
2021	41.87	142^nd	277	48.7%
2022	45.41	192^nd	454	57.7%
2023	41.75	245^th	480	49.0%
2024	56.68	123^rd	486	74.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.55	167^th	602	72.3%
2019	50.38	267^th	792	66.3%
2021	60.62	109^th	548	80.1%
2022	68.57	104^th	781	86.7%
2023	77.87	112^th	805	86.1%
2024	77.31	137^th	802	82.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.11	426^th	1161	63.3%
2019	52.51	512^th	1217	57.9%
2021	43.57	525^th	1019	48.5%
2022	56.42	414^th	1221	66.1%
2023	65.85	294^th	1234	76.2%
2024	68.17	261^st	1219	78.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.08	272^nd	1226	77.8%
2019	70.41	328^th	1276	74.3%
2021	67.09	277^th	1017	72.8%
2022	79.27	221^st	1286	82.8%
2023	75.42	243^rd	1275	80.9%
2024	74.26	267^th	1251	78.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	77.98	67^th	674	90.1%
2024	73.97	82^nd	639	87.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	68.68	312^th	1223	74.5%
2019	71.30	299^th	1296	76.9%
2021	66.36	263^rd	1048	74.9%
2022	74.78	251^st	1286	80.5%
2023	75.48	243^rd	1292	81.2%
2024	78.25	219^th	1264	82.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	79.26	61^st	565	89.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.14	226^th	590	61.7%
2019	51.60	269^th	639	57.9%
2021	50.54	208^th	517	59.8%
2022	78.82	82^nd	662	87.6%
2023	64.61	163^rd	661	75.3%
2024	65.71	168^th	643	73.9%

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Rank History for White students at Jerling Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.75	319^th	889	64.1%
2019	62.41	310^th	905	65.7%
2021	59.26	287^th	813	64.7%
2022	62.62	287^th	898	68.0%
2023	62.80	271^st	895	69.7%
2024	64.28	273^rd	875	68.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Jerling Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1992	761	21	46	17	2	n/a	n/a	0	847
1993	745	17	69	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	855
1994	764	18	58	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	863
1995	831	20	38	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	915
1996	831	20	38	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	915
1997	629	19	34	25	5	n/a	n/a	0	712
1998	560	10	32	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
1999	519	13	43	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	589
2000	524	16	31	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	585
2001	534	20	22	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	590
2002	532	18	32	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
2003	532	18	32	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
2004	522	19	31	42	1	n/a	n/a	0	615
2005	571	31	28	49	1	n/a	n/a	0	680
2006	648	20	29	44	1	n/a	n/a	12	754
2007	657	33	33	56	1	n/a	n/a	17	797
2008	637	31	26	51	2	n/a	n/a	21	768
2009	583	32	35	60	3	n/a	n/a	14	727
2010	567	28	30	55	2	n/a	n/a	10	692
2011	520	25	40	75	0	0	14	0	674
2012	494	15	36	75	0	1	16	0	637
2013	466	18	33	60	0	1	15	0	593
2014	483	14	30	61	0	1	15	0	604
2015	445	18	28	71	2	0	10	0	574
2016	436	11	19	87	2	0	17	0	572
2017	406	12	18	90	1	0	13	0	540
2018	433	18	29	104	0	0	18	0	602
2019	439	31	26	108	0	0	18	0	622
2020	459	20	26	105	0	0	21	0	631
2021	452	20	21	103	0	0	20	0	616
2022	465	23	24	103	0	1	11	0	627
2023	477	25	29	93	0	0	13	0	637
2024	501	20	26	86	1	0	14	0	648

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Jerling Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1992	847	43.1	19.6	n/a
1993	855	52.0	16.4	n/a
1994	863	52.0	16.6	n/a
1995	915	53.0	17.3	n/a
1996	915	53.0	17.3	n/a
1997	712	42.0	17.0	n/a
1998	619	38.7	16.0	n/a
1999	589	37.0	15.9	n/a
2000	585	38.0	15.4	n/a
2001	590	39.0	15.1	n/a
2002	611	42.0	14.5	0
2003	611	42.0	14.5	0
2004	615	42.0	14.6	0
2005	680	43.0	15.8	0
2006	754	46.0	16.4	0
2007	797	43.0	18.5	0
2008	768	42.0	18.3	0
2009	727	53.0	13.7	0
2010	692	51.0	13.5	0
2011	674	47.0	14.3	0
2012	637	45.0	14.1	13.5
2013	593	57.2	10.3	14.5
2014	604	43.5	13.8	12.9
2015	574	40.0	14.3	14.8
2016	572	38.0	15.0	17.3
2017	540	38.3	14.0	17.6
2018	602	40.1	15.0	16.9
2019	622	42.6	14.6	19.1
2020	631	42.8	14.7	21.6
2021	616	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	627	46.1	13.5	19.3
2023	637	47.5	13.3	n/a
2024	648	44.3	14.6	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Jerling Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1992	847	43.1	19.6	n/a
1993	855	52.0	16.4	n/a
1994	863	52.0	16.6	n/a
1995	915	53.0	17.3	n/a
1996	915	53.0	17.3	n/a
1997	712	42.0	17.0	n/a
1998	619	38.7	16.0	n/a
1999	589	37.0	15.9	n/a
2000	585	38.0	15.4	n/a
2001	590	39.0	15.1	n/a
2002	611	42.0	14.5	0
2003	611	42.0	14.5	0
2004	615	42.0	14.6	0
2005	680	43.0	15.8	0
2006	754	46.0	16.4	0
2007	797	43.0	18.5	0
2008	768	42.0	18.3	0
2009	727	53.0	13.7	0
2010	692	51.0	13.5	0
2011	674	47.0	14.3	0
2012	637	45.0	14.1	13.5
2013	593	57.2	10.3	14.5
2014	604	43.5	13.8	12.9
2015	574	40.0	14.3	14.8
2016	572	38.0	15.0	17.3
2017	540	38.3	14.0	17.6
2018	602	40.1	15.0	16.9
2019	622	42.6	14.6	19.1
2020	631	42.8	14.7	21.6
2021	616	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	627	46.1	13.5	19.3
2023	637	47.5	13.3	n/a
2024	648	44.3	14.6	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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